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FIBA Europe Cup
Season2018–19
Dates20 September – 10 October 2018 (qualifying rounds)
17 October 2018 – 1 May 2019 (competition proper)
Games played200
Teams32 (regular season)
Finals
ChampionsItaly Dinamo Sassari (1st title)
  Runners-upGermany s.Oliver Würzburg
SemifinalistsIsrael Hapoel Holon
Italy Varese
Statistical leaders
Points United States Darius Thompson 22.4
Rebounds Egypt Assem Marei 9.9
Assists United States Maurice Watson Jr. 6.5
Index Rating United States Darius Thompson 22.8
Records
Biggest home wins.Oliver Würzburg 118–71 Szolnoki Olaj
(9 January 2019)
Biggest away winIstanbul BBSK 47–85 Donar Groningen
(7 November 2018)
Highest scoringBakken Bears 124–125 Avtodor Saratov
(6 February 2019)
Seasons

The 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup was the fourth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began on 20 September 2018, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded on 1 May 2019.

Dinamo Sassari won its first European title after beating s.Oliver Würzburg in the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.[1]

Team allocation

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Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[2][3]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CL: Transferred from Champions League
    • RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season
    • QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
Play-offs
Italy Sidigas Scandone (CL RS) Israel Hapoel Holon (CL RS) Lithuania Lietkabelis (CL RS) France SIG Strasbourg (CL RS)
Latvia Ventspils (CL RS) Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (CL RS) France JDA Dijon (CL RS) Belgium Filou Oostende (CL RS)
Regular season
Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut (5th) Finland Karhu (CL QR3) Spain Movistar Estudiantes (CL QR2) Lithuania Šiauliai (CL QR1)
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg (9th) Poland Polski Cukier Toruń (CL QR3) Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk (CL QR1) Portugal Porto (CL QR1)
Hungary Falco Vulcano (2nd) Turkey Sakarya Büyükşehir (CL QR3) Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CL QR1) Romania Oradea (CL QR1)
Italy Varese (6th) Bulgaria Lukoil Levski (CL QR2) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (CL QR1) Russia Avtodor (CL QR1)
Romania Steaua CSM EximBank (2nd) Denmark Bakken Bears (CL QR2) United Kingdom Leicester Riders (CL QR1) Sweden Norrköping Dolphins (CL QR1)
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka (10th) Greece Aris (CL QR2) Hungary Szolnoki Olaj (CL QR1)
Belgium Spirou (CL QR3) Italy Cantù (CL QR2) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (CL QR1)
Czech Republic JIP Pardubice (CL QR3) Netherlands Donar (CL QR2) Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina (CL QR1)
Second qualifying round
Bulgaria Balkan (2nd) Netherlands New Heroes Den Bosch (5th) Hungary Alba Fehérvár (3rd) Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca (3rd)
Bulgaria Rilski Sportist (3rd) Austria ece Bulls Kapfenberg (1st) Italy Dinamo Sassari (10th) Sweden Luleå (2nd)
Netherlands ZZ Leiden (2nd) Cyprus Keravnos (2nd) Portugal Benfica (3rd)
First qualifying round
Ukraine Cherkaski Mavpy (1st) Finland Kataja (6th) Norway Kongsberg Miners (1st) Turkey İstanbul BB (11th)
Ukraine Dnipro (2nd) Greece Lavrio Megabolt (6th Poland Rosa Radom (5th)
Czech Republic Dekstone Tuři Svitavy (4th) Israel Ironi Nes Ziona (8th) Sweden Södertälje Kings (3rd)

Round and draw dates

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The draw will take place on the 31 July 2018 in the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany, unless stated otherwise):[3]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 31 July 2018 20–21 September 2018 26 September 2018
Second qualifying round 3 October 2018 9–10 October 2018
Regular season Matchday 1 17 October 2018
Matchday 2 23–24 October 2018
Matchday 3 30–31 October 2018
Matchday 4 6–7 November 2018
Matchday 5 13–14 November 2018
Matchday 6 20–21 November 2018
Second round Matchday 1 12 December 2018
Matchday 2 19 December 2018
Matchday 3 9 January 2019
Matchday 4 22–23 January 2019
Matchday 5 29–30 January 2019
Matchday 6 5–6 February 2019
Play-offs Round of 16 7 February 2019 5–6 March 2019 12–13 March 2019
Quarter-finals 20 March 2019 27 March 2019
Semi-finals 10 April 2019 17 April 2019
Finals 24 April 2019 1 May 2019

Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 31 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.

In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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A total of 10 teams played in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September, and the second legs were played on 26 September 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lavrio Megabolt Greece 140–149 Ukraine Dnipro 82–73 58–76
Kongsberg Miners Norway 153–184 Ukraine Cherkaski Mavpy 63–83 90–101
Ironi Nes Ziona Israel 172–143 Sweden Södertälje Kings 72–67 100–76
Kataja Finland 161–134 Poland Rosa Radom 86–65 75–69
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy Czech Republic 152–197 Turkey İstanbul BB 74–99 78–98

Second qualifying round

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A total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round: 11 teams which enter in this round, and the 5 winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs will be played on 10 October 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cherkaski Mavpy Ukraine 136–128 Cyprus Keravnos 75–64 61–64
Dnipro Ukraine 161–168 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 94–78 67–90
ece Bulls Kapfenberg Austria 119–147 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 62–79 57–68
Kataja Finland 167–163 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 106–84 61–79
New Heroes Den Bosch Netherlands 144–152 Bulgaria Balkan 76–86 68–66
Ironi Nes Ziona Israel 179–167 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 91–78 88–89
İstanbul BB Turkey 160–128 Sweden Luleå 87–50 73–78
Dinamo Sassari Italy 211–158 Portugal Benfica 100–66 111–92
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Lucky losers table

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Three teams would advance as lucky losers of the qualifying rounds, for replacing teams that qualified for the Basketball Champions League regular season and previously confirmed their intention to join the FIBA Europe Cup if they were eliminated in the qualifying rounds. Teams with the smallest point difference in the second qualifying round advanced to the regular season. A draw to determine the groups for the clubs qualified as the best-ranked losing sides will be held in the FIBA Europe office in Munich on 11 October 2018.

Ranked third among the lucky losers, Den Bosch clipped the fourth-ranked Keravnos due to a higher number of points scored, with the teams tied in point differential.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 2 1 1 163 167 −4 Advance to regular season
2 Ukraine Dnipro 2 1 1 161 168 −7
3 Netherlands New Heroes Den Bosch 2 1 1 144 152 −8
4 Cyprus Keravnos 2 1 1 128 136 −8
5 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 2 1 1 167 179 −12
6 Austria ece Bulls Kapfenberg 2 0 2 119 147 −28
7 Sweden Luleå 2 1 1 128 160 −32
8 Portugal Benfica 2 0 2 158 211 −53
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Least point difference; 2) Points for.

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D; Purple: Group E. Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H.

The draw for the regular season was held on 31 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, a maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

The following 10 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:

Notes:
  • Strikethrough teams were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and refused to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup.
  • Teams marked in italics advanced to the Basketball Champions League regular season.

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: the six teams directly qualified, the eight winners of the second qualifying round, the 15 of 23 losers of the 2018–19 Champions League qualifying rounds and three lucky losers of the second qualifying round.

Depending on the number of teams mentioned above that were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and with the aim to complete the 32 places in the regular season, the number of the defeated teams in the second qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup that advanced to the regular season were determined by the point difference recorded at the end of their pairings. In their draw, the first qualifying round was used for tie-breaking. In the draw persists, the next criterion was the performance of clubs in the last three seasons at the European competitions.[5]

The match-days are on 17 October, 24 October, 31 October, 7 November, 14 November and 21 November 2018.

Turkish side Sakarya Büyükşehir and British side Leicester Riders played in their first European campaigns ever.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification WÜR LEI SAK ORA
1 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 6 4 2 464 436 +28 10 Advance to second round 87–61 69–79 91–82
2 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 4 2 460 463 −3 10 65–75 99–97 90–76
3 Turkey Sakarya Büyükşehir 6 3 3 480 451 +29 9 80–60 56–69 84–68
4 Romania Oradea 6 1 5 453 507 −54 7 69–82 72–76 86–84

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAL LAR TSM BEL
1 Bulgaria Balkan 6 4 2 480 452 +28 10 Advance to second round 77–78 95–81 78–66
2 Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca 6 4 2 449 460 −11 10 68–79 82–77 63–62
3 Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk 6 3 3 497 493 +4 9 84–73 87–75 89–82
4 Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut 6 1 5 449 470 −21 7 75–78 78–83 86–79

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification DON KAR SPI IBB
1 Netherlands Donar 6 5 1 473 440 +33 11 Advance to second round 89–83 76–73 90–81
2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 4 2 490 437 +53 10 64–69 90–72 86–75
3 Belgium Spirou 6 3 3 486 423 +63 9 92–64 77–86 92–45
4 Turkey İstanbul BB 6 0 6 365 514 −149 6 47–85 55–81 62–80

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AVT INZ BOS PAR
1 Russia Avtodor 6 5 1 578 521 +57 11 Advance to second round 75–64 89–79 129–91
2 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 6 4 2 561 509 +52 10 104–86 91–85 111–77
3 Netherlands New Heroes Den Bosch 6 3 3 518 486 +32 9 93–97 102–87 91–58
4 Czech Republic JIP Pardubice 6 0 6 464 605 −141 6 90–102 84–104 64–68

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAK PRI CHE STE
1 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 6 0 633 454 +179 12 Advance to second round 108–84 121–89 100–64
2 Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina 6 4 2 506 513 −7 10 77–100 92–82 74–69
3 Ukraine Cherkaski Mavpy 6 1 5 481 562 −81 7 77–106 73–92 90–64
4 Romania Steaua CSM EximBank 6 1 5 428 519 −91 7 63–98 81–87 87–70

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAR ALB RIL POR
1 Italy Varese 6 5 1 522 432 +90 11 Advance to second round 91–66 86–59 84–75
2 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 6 5 1 507 493 +14 11 85–77 84–80 72–70
3 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 6 1 5 470 536 −66 7 76–95 83–104 81–88
4 Portugal Porto 6 1 5 475 513 −38 7 71–89 92–96 79–91

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEV KAT ARI DNI
1 Bulgaria Levski Lukoil 6 5 1 520 465 +55 11 Advance to second round 94–86 77–66 83–65
2 Finland Kataja 6 3 3 497 510 −13 9 95–102 88–86 84–77
3 Greece Aris 6 3 3 444 432 +12 9 81–76 70–79 86–61
4 Ukraine Dnipro 6 1 5 407 461 −54 7 72–88 81–65 51–55

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SZO SAS FAL LEI
1 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 6 5 1 509 474 +35 11 Advance to second round 87–74 79–76 82–79
2 Italy Dinamo Sassari 6 5 1 553 448 +105 11 98–94 104–69 95–60
3 Hungary Falco Vulcano 6 2 4 446 507 −61 8 66–83 60–92 80–65
4 United Kingdom Leicester Riders 6 0 6 447 526 −79 6 81–84 78–90 84–95

Second round

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In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

A total of 16 teams play in the second round: the eight group winners and the eight runners-up of the regular season. The match-days will be on 12 December 2018, 19 December, 9 January, 23 January, 30 January and 6 February 2019.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification WÜR KAR PRI SZO
1 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 6 6 0 596 487 +109 12 Advance to round of 16 104–91 95–77 118–71
2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 3 3 539 532 +7 9 87–96 107–85 102–95
3 Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina 6 2 4 479 536 −57 8 78–91 82–78 81–76
4 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 6 1 5 484 543 −59 7 83–92 70–74 89–76

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification INZ BAL ALB LEV
1 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 6 4 2 563 533 +30 10 Advance to round of 16 100–73 70–93 109–96
2 Bulgaria Balkan 6 3 3 496 499 −3 9 102–90 88–82 81–57
3 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 6 3 3 489 458 +31 9 80–96 65–64 89–56
4 Bulgaria Levski Lukoil 6 2 4 487 545 −58 8 89–98 105–88 84–80

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SAS VAR DON LAR
1 Italy Dinamo Sassari 6 5 1 536 481 +55 11 Advance to round of 16 87–90 97–74 93–81
2 Italy Varese 6 4 2 492 446 +46 10 69–79 77–80 109–74
3 Netherlands Donar 6 2 4 447 467 −20 8 78–84 67–73 70–80
4 Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca 6 1 5 439 520 −81 7 89–96 59–74 56–78

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AVT BAK LEI KAT
1 Russia Avtodor 6 5 1 576 482 +94 11 Advance to round of 16 71–60 105–81 98–57
2 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 3 3 586 503 +83 9 124–125 111–71 102–58
3 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 480 562 −82 8 72–97 89–85 87–72
4 Finland Kataja 6 2 4 456 551 −95 8 88–80 89–104 92–80

Play-offs

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Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Israel Hapoel Holon8582167
 
 
 
Bulgaria Balkan8183 164
 
Israel Hapoel Holon9674170
 
 
 
Hungary Alba Fehérvár63101 164
 
Germany Telekom Baskets8569154
 
 
 
Hungary Alba Fehérvár8481 165
 
Israel Hapoel Holon8975164
 
 
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari94105 199
 
Latvia Ventspils7865143
 
 
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka7670 146
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka6883151
 
 
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari8783 170
 
Netherlands ZZ Leiden9368161
 
 
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari9794 191
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari8981 170
 
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg8479 163
 
Netherlands Donar6680146
 
 
 
Belgium Filou Oostende6688 154
 
Belgium Filou Oostende7057127
 
 
 
Italy Varese7372 145
 
Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina7784161
 
 
 
Italy Varese80100 180
 
Italy Varese6686152
 
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg8989 178
 
Denmark Bakken Bears9181172
 
 
 
Israel Ironi Nes Ziona7476 150
 
Denmark Bakken Bears7670146
 
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg7586 161
 
Russia Avtodor7690166
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg7994 173
 

Round of 16

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The first legs were played on 5–6 March, and the second legs on 12–13 March 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Donar Netherlands 146–154[A] Belgium Filou Oostende 66–66 80–88
Ventspils Latvia 143–146 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 78–76 65–70
Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany 154–165 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 85–84 69–81
Bakken Bears Denmark 172–150 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 91–74 81–76
Avtodor Russia 166–173 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 76–79 90–94
Hapoel Holon Israel 167–164 Bulgaria Balkan 85–81 82–83
ZZ Leiden Netherlands 161–191 Italy Dinamo Sassari 93–97 68–94
Z-Mobile Prishtina Kosovo 161–180 Italy Varese 77–80 84–100

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 20–21 March, and the second legs on 27–28 March 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Filou Oostende Belgium 127–145 Italy Varese 70–73 57–72
Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 151–170 Italy Dinamo Sassari 68–87 83–83
Hapoel Holon Israel 170–164 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 96–63 74–101
Bakken Bears Denmark 146–161 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 76–75 70–86

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 10 April, and the second legs were played on 17 April 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Varese Italy 152–178 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 66–89 86–89
Hapoel Holon Israel 164–199 Italy Dinamo Sassari 89–94 75–105

Finals

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The first leg will be played on 24 April, and the second leg will be played on 1 May 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Sassari Italy 170–163 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 89–84 81–79

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dinamo Sassari win maiden FIBA Europe Cup title". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "27 teams register for 2018/19 FIBA Europe Cup". FIBA.basketball. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b "2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup regulations" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Nine more teams from Qualification Round 2 complete Regular Season field".
  5. ^ "Live updates".
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